It’s time to stop second-guessing yourself and start building the qualities that will make you an authentic, amazing leader.

In the past century, women have scaled new heights in the workplace.

From working as clerks and secretaries in the 1950s, women today are now holding top positions in the world’s largest corporations.

Yet, women remain vastly underrepresented in leadership roles, making up only five percent of Fortune 500 CEOs, and 10 percent of top management positions in S&P 1500 companies, despite accounting for 47 percent of the labor workforce.

The reason for this has nothing to do with intelligence, skills, or personality.

You might be one of these women—wanting to achieve more and reach the top of your career, but you can’t get out of your own way! Or you keep letting insecurities get in the way.

But you don’t have to let fears and self-doubt keep you from your ambitions.

If you want to be a leader, you can be one, regardless of your gender, social status, educational background, or current position.

You can have a family and be a leader. You can be single and be a leader. You can have any religious, political, or sexual preference and still excel at being the driving force of a team.

What it takes is essential preparation, which will give you the confidence to go for your goals and become the leader you’re meant to be.

In this ultimate guide to leadership for women, here is just a fraction of what you will discover:

• The root cause of self-sabotaging behavior.
• The difference between conscious and unconscious self-sabotaging behavior and why it is so hard to stop sabotaging ourselves.
• Eight ways in which we sabotage our careers and seven steps to correct this.
• How the self-efficacy theory will help you develop the 11 steps to confidence.
• Self-assessments to evaluate your current communication skills, identify areas of weakness, and determine your leadership traits.
• Fifteen steps to start communicating like a leader and how you can practice before you become one.
• How being an introvert could boost your leadership skills—this is not a disadvantage!
• A handy checklist to ensure you have the necessary leadership qualities before day one of your new role.
• How to create a workplace culture where the wellbeing of your team is a priority and how this will set you apart as a leader.
• Ten outstanding leaders in history that will inspire you to create your own authentic leadership style.

And much more.

If you can’t take those first steps to leadership because self-doubt is eating away at you, you’re about to see how you can use everyday situations to practice these skills before going for the next rung on your career ladder!